# Incident 19950104001639I: Piper PA44180, Mankato, MN, January 4, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1995, 14:50 local time
- Place: Mankato, MN
- Airport: Mankato Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2228° N, 93.9193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANKATO RGNL (MKT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2228&lon=-93.9193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2197Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2197Z-2008-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Reported engine: LYC O360E1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 90 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950104001639I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: DURING TRAINING FLIGHT, COULD NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT INDICATING THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AFTER FOLLOWING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING, DAMAGING BOTH PROPELLERS AND THE NOSE. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR STUDENT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY ROCHESTER AVIATION OF ROCHESTER, MN. NOT A PILOT DEVIATION. NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK LINK LOWER BOLT HAS AN 1/16TH INCH COTTER PIN PER PIPER INSTRUCTIONS. PIPER SERVICE KIT 764-378 WAS INSTALLED 200 HOURS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT AS A METHOD OF COMPLYING WITH AD 94-14-14. LOWER BOLT SHEARED THE RECOMMENDED COTTER PIN, ALLOWING THE BOLT TO BACK OUT AND JAM THE OPERATION OF THE NOSE GEAR. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDS A LARGER COTTER PIN BE EMPLOYED. M OR D REPORT REFLECTING THIS RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N2197Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910419017739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910419017739I), Apr 19, 1991: Piper PA44180 (N2197Z), Mankato, MN, Minor damage. Nose landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Caused by failure of nose gear drag link bolt.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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